:lacking in strength, energy, or vigor; feeble; weak: to feel low and listless.
:providing little nourishment or strength, as a diet.
:of small number, amount, degree, force, intensity, etc.: low visibility; a generator with a low output.
:indicated or represented by a low number: A low latitude is one relatively near the equator.
:soft: subdued; not loud: a low murmur.
:Music. produced by relatively slow vibrations, as sounds; grave in pitch.
:assigning or attributing little worth, value, excellence, or the like: a low estimate of a new book.
:containing a relatively small amount: a diet low in starches.
:nearing depletion; not adequately supplied: low on funds; Our stock of towels is low.
:depressed or dejected: low spirits.
:far down in the scale of rank or estimation; humble: of low birth.
:of inferior quality or character: a low grade of fabric; a low type of intellect.
:lacking in dignity or elevation, as of thought or expression.
:mean, base, or disreputable: low tricks; low companions.
:coarse or vulgar: entertainment of a low sort.
:Boxing. struck or delivered below a contestant's belt.
:Biology. having a relatively simple structure; not complex in organization.
:Phonetics. articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue, as the vowels of hat, hut, hot, ought, etc.Compare high.
:Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which the drive shaft moves at the lowest speed with relation to the speed of the engine crankshaft, used especially for temporarily overcoming the weight or inertia of the vehicle; first: low gear.
:Baseball. passing the plate at a level below that of the batter's knees: a low curve.
:Cards. having less value than other cards: a low card.
:Metallurgy. having a relatively small amount of a specified constituent: low-carbon steel.
:Chiefly British. holding to Low Church principles and practices.
adv.副词 adverb
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low·er, low·est.
:in or to a low position, point, degree, etc.: The raiders crouched low in the bushes.
:near the ground, floor, or base; not aloft: The plane flew low.
:in or to a humble or abject state: Some live low while others live high. She swore she would bring him low.
:in or to a condition of depletion, prostration, or death: The gas in the tank is running low.
:at comparatively small cost; cheaply: to buy something low and sell it high.
:at or to a low pitch, volume, intensity, etc.: to turn the radio low; lights turned down low.
:in a low tone; softly: quietly: to speak low.
:Archaic. far down in time; late.
n.名词 noun
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:something that is low, as ground or prices: numerous marshy lows in the forest; the recent low in the stock market.
:Automotive. low gear; first gear.
:Meteorology. an atmospheric low-pressure system; cyclone. Compare high.
:Cards. the lowest trump card.a card of small value, or of lower value than other cards.the lowest score in a game.a player having such a score.
:a point of deepest decline, vulgarity, etc.: a new low in tastelessness.
:Slang. a period of intense depression or discomfort, when the effects of a drug have subsided.